Indiana Daily Student

Baseline Banter: IU baseball set for tough stretch by Indiana Daily Student

Posted: Rowing, State Road 37, IU Auditorium, mumps, parking by Indiana Daily Student

Double Feature: Time for musicals with ‘Chicago,’ ‘The Umbrellas of Cherbourg’ by Indiana Daily Student

Welcome back to Double Feature, the IDS film podcast where the powers that be let us in a podcast booth to give you hot takes and maybe some lukewarm ones too.

For some musicians, the confines of the traditional three-minute music video just aren’t enough. This week, hosts Annie Aguiar and Chris Forrester discuss “Guava Island” and “Lemonade,” two recent music films at the top of what the medium can be.

“Guava Island,” released April 13 on Amazon Prime Video, is a 55-minute-long showcase of the music of Donald Glover, better known by his stage name Childish Gambino. The film tells the story of a musician, played by Glover, on a strictly-controlled island who is trying to organize a music festival for everyone to enjoy.

When Beyoncé’s 65-minute-long film “Lemonade” premiered on HBO, it became a cultural moment. The film, which is approaching its third anniversary next week, isn’t quite a traditional narrative film; it’s divided into eleven chapters, one for each song on the album excluding “Formation.” Each chapter presents a different video with a different visual style for each song, ultimately telling a story about betrayal and forgiveness on both an individual and societal level.

Welcome back to Double Feature, the IDS film podcast where the powers that be let us in a podcast booth to give you hot takes and maybe some lukewarm ones, too.

A darty playing music too loudly, alumni coming back to town in hordes, townies preparing for likely inevitable mayhem. It is undeniably Little 500 season in Bloomington. Called “The World’s Greatest College Weekend,” Little 500 is an IU tradition so important to the local culture, it even has its own movie.

“Breaking Away,” released in 1979 and written by IU alumnus Steve Tesich, tells the story of a group of 19-year-old Bloomington residents and the divide between IU students and those living in the town, centered on the Little 500 race itself.

This week hosts Annie Aguiar and Chris Forrester watched “Breaking Away” for the first time, and thankfully they both loved it. In this episode, they discuss the movie and how weird it is to watch a movie filmed where you walk to class every day.

On this episode of Posted, hosts Lydia Gerike and Jacob deCastro talk about the week's headlines and speak with Isabel Mishkin, the new student body president.

Posted is a weekly recap podcast from the Indiana Daily Student covering headlines around IU, Bloomington and the state. The hosts talk to IDS reporters and editors about their favorite stories and what people need to keep an eye on.

As the season premiere of "Game of Thrones" approaches, the show's devoted audience is bubbling with questions: who will live? Who will die? Who is going to end up on the Iron Throne once and for all, or will it not matter anymore after the White Walkers destroy humanity?

In this special one-off podcast, "Game of Thrones" devotees and IDS staffers Nyssa Kruse, Ellen Hine and Laurel Demkovich discuss their predictions for the new season. The big topics include what will become of Daenerys Targaryen, whether the highly anticipated showdown between brothers Sandor "The Hound" Clegane and Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane — #CLEGANEBOWL — will actually happen and more.

On this episode of Posted, hosts Lydia Gerike and Jacob deCastro talk about the week's headlines and speak with Christine Fernando about why students have to take P155: Public Oral Communication.

Posted is a weekly recap podcast from the Indiana Daily Student covering headlines around IU, Bloomington and the state. The hosts talk to IDS reporters and editors about their favorite stories and what people need to keep an eye on.

Welcome back to Double Feature, the IDS film podcast where the powers that be let us in a podcast booth to give you hot takes and maybe some lukewarm ones too.

For the most part, American animation consists of only children's movies. While studios such as Pixar and Laika produce gorgeous and thoughtful films, at a certain point the limitation of ratings can take away from the work itself. The movies are beautiful, yes, but they're still for kids.

Where are the animated thrillers? Where are the animated films that verge on the disturbing, the challenging, the questionable?

The answer: Japan.

This week, hosts Annie Aguiar and Chris Forrester discuss "Akira" and "Perfect Blue," two influential and influential movies that happen to also be anime.

"Akira" tells the story of a youth biker gang in the futuristic, cyberpunk metropolis of Neo-Tokyo, set in the then-impossibly far away year of 2019. Since its release in 1988, the movie has gained a cult following and is occasionally credited with introducing audiences outside of Japan to anime.

"Perfect Blue" is a psychological horror thriller following Mima, a pop star who starts to lose track between reality and fantasy when she quits music to pursue a serious acting career. Released in 1997 and directed by Satoshi Kon, the film is one that leaves the audience as unsure as its protagonist of what's real and what's fake, but in a good way.

This week, special guest Donovan Harden joins the podcast. Harden is an aspiring filmmaker and an IU junior — and he's also an "Akira" super fan.

It took sophomore infielder Drew Ashley 19 games to hit his first home run as a Hoosier. But when the ball left his bat in the 12th inning against Illinois on April 28, 2018, it gave IU a walk-off win and showed fans what Ashley was capable of.

He would be named to the All-Big Ten Freshman team when the season ended and has been a key piece in the lineup for IU under new Head Coach Jeff Mercer this season.

Ashley joined Indiana Daily Student baseball beat reporters Stefan Krajisnik and Jared Rigdon to discuss this season and his career with the Hoosiers.